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wood chips are not always the best thing, as they take up nitrogen from the soil, thus depleting the plants of nitrogen.. Is ordinary compost the best? I live in Southeast London, and the garden has South and North facing walls.Would be very grateful

), plants will have contact with soil bacteria and fungi, and this may help to supply them with nutrients. Plants grown in a pot will not have access to the same fungi. You've also posted another question asking about nitrogen and potash. It's a closely

, nitrogen-rich ingredients sandwiched between brown, carbon-based ingredients with a very light sprinkling of water now and then). I also mentioned some optional extras that will help turbo-charge a pile like shop-bought compost accelerator, nettles, comfrey

m tall, though. I'm still not sure how I'll stake an 8m tall plant.)I haven't done anything special with my sunflowers yet, I've only watered them. Now I'm upping my game: this weekend I'll be harvesting nettles to make a nitrogen-rich feed, which I

think it is upasteurised milk that makes a good fertiliser. Either fertiliser will be pretty smelly. The main elements of fertiliser are nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and all plats need all of them, but in slightly different proportions

in barley straw help untill my plants get big enough to cope with excess nitrogen would putting in a pump help although I did want a natural pond to attract frogs etc. very useful That's a really good tip, but how does one get rid of Duckweed (you know

. u may also be doing more long term damage to your dogs kidneys,I have suffered for 2yr with burnt patches tried Dog rocks/pee sticks, first of dont treat your lawn with feed & weed, as that has slow release nitrogen, the only way to resolve is a

as to whether they were a newbie or experienced. The ideal fertilizer is a specific bulb fertilizer, which has more phosphorus than nitrogen or potassium, typically an NPK ratio such as 5:10:5. But it is expensive stuff. Miraclegro and Phostrogen are  the two

looked after! In fertile soil with lots of nitrogen, plants tend to put on leaf growth rather than flower. Flowering can be a response to stress - the plant flowers to produce seed, by which it can reproduce and ensure survival of the species if it dies

low phosphorus and low nitrogen are important.  There are people here who prune their well established big plants with a lawnmower! Good luck.